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 Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade: Key risks identified in Report https://yakihonne.s3.ap-east-1.amazonaws.com/953281df0361f1a7ff836841c2b978b8d606b035e7d07b8d148c72e50b4d78a7/files/1718558588487-YAKIHONNES3.jpg 
As Ethereum prepares for the Pectra upgrade in early 2025, a recent research report published by Liquid Collective and Obol has revealed multiple associated risks.

The report highlights the importance of client, operator and cloud diversity alongside concerns regarding the limited adoption of distributed validator technology (DVT). 
 The Pectra upgrade combines the Prague and Electra upgrades, focusing on changes to the network execution and consensus layers, respectively . One of the main changes expected in Pectra is the lifting of the staking limit for validators from 32 ETH to 2,048 ETH, a 64-fold increase